# officium
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* offitium (Early Medieval, hypercorrection)

### Etymology

A contraction of opificium, from Proto-Italic *opifakjom, an old derivative of ops, opis (“power, ability, resources”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ofˈfi.ki.um/, [ɔfˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ofˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [ofˈfiːt͡ʃium]

### Noun

officium n (genitive officiī or officī); second declension
* duty, service, office
    Synonyms: mūnus, ministerium, negōtium, cūra, cūrātiō
* (figurative) obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture
* (act of) kindness, favor, courtesy

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Derived terms

* officialis, officialiter
* officīna

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: ofiq
* → Catalan: ofici
* Esperanto: ofico
** Ido: ofico
* → French: office
** → English: office (see there for further descendants)
* → Galician: oficio
* → Koine Greek: ὀφφίκιον (ophphíkion)
** Byzantine Greek: ὀφφίκιον (ophphíkion)
*** Greek: οφίκιο (ofíkio)
* → Old Irish: oific
** Irish: oifig
** Scottish Gaelic: oifig
* Italian: ufficio, uffizio
* Ladin: ufize
* → Portuguese: ofício
* → Romanian: oficiu
* → Romansch: uffizi
* → Spanish: oficio

### References

* “officium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “officium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* officium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* officium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...) to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare to fulfil one's duty in every detail: omnes officii partes exsequi to fulfil one's duty in every detail: nullam officii partem deserere to be exact, punctual in the performance of one's duty: diligentem esse in retinendis officiis to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere to return to one's duties: ad officium redire it is a breach of duty to..: contra officium est c. Inf. we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65) to be courteous, obliging to some one: in aliquem officia conferre to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi a most courteous letter: litterae officii or humanitatis plenae to reduce a people to their former obedience: aliquem ad officium (cf. sect. X. 7, note officium...) reducere (Nep. Dat. 2. 3) (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47) (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3) (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3) (ambiguous) to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari (ambiguous) without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4) (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4) (ambiguous) to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin officium.

### Noun

officium n (definite singular officiet, indefinite plural officier, definite plural officia or officiene)
* (chiefly ecclesiastical) duty, office
* (Christianity, historical) mass, service

### References

* “officium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “officium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin officium.

### Noun

officium n (definite singular officiet, indefinite plural officium, definite plural officia)
* (chiefly ecclesiastical) duty, office
* (Christianity, historical) mass, service

### References

* “officium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.